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  1. Interview With Owen Marciano

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Marciano, Owen
    Date: Dec. 5, 2015
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Body image, Bullying, Child abuse, Class struggle, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Health, Hormone therapy, Hysterectomy, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Menstruation, Mental health, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Self-acceptance, Sex, Suicide
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Owen Marciano is a white genderqueer person from Rochester, New York. At the time of this interview, Marciano was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Marciano speaks at length about coming...
  2. Interview with Paula Overby

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Overby, Paula
    Date: Nov. 16, 2015
    Topics: Art, Community life, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Divorce, Friendship, Harassment, Health, Marriage, Medical care, Mental health, Middle West, Politics, Race, Racism, Sexism, Sexuality, Theatre, Transgender rights, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Confessions of a Crossdresser, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Paula Overby is a white transgender woman from the United States. At the time of this oral history, Oberby was living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Overby speaks at length about growing up in...
  3. Interview With Paulina Angel

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Angel, Paulina
    Date: Dec. 8, 2016
    Topics: Abuse, Activism, Assigned gender, Bullying, Coming out, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Families, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Hispanic Americans, Hormone therapy, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, Linguistics, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Online social networks, Passing (Gender), Politics, Pronoun, Role behavior, Self medication, Self-acceptance, Social advocacy, Social movements, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Work
    Subject: Fair Education Act, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Transgender Educational Resources, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Paulina Angel is a Hispanic trans woman from Indio, California. At the time of this interview, Angel was working as the Executive Director of the Transgender Community Project. In this interview sh...
  4. Interview with Peter Marie Jenkins

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Jenkins, Peter Marie
    Date: Feb. 20, 2021
    Topics: Coming out, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Non-binary people, Queer people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), The Future of Transgender and Nonbinary People
    Description: An interview with Peter Marie Jenkins. Peter is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. The interview covers topics related to their childhood, activism, and trans visibility.
  5. Interview with Peyton Michelle

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Peyton, Michelle
    Date: Aug. 17, 2020
    Topics: Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates, PFLAG Lafayette
    Description: An interview Petyon Michelle who identifies as transfemme. Michelle discusses homecoming dresses, visibility as activism, and being the first out trans woman elected to office in Louisiana.
  6. Interview with Phillipe Cunningham

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Cunningham, Phillipe, Jenkins, Andrea
    Date: Sep. 25, 2015
    Topics: Black people, Bullying, Ethnic groups, Ethnic relations, FtMs, Gay community, Gender minorities
    Description: In this powerful oral history, Phillipe Cunningham shares his experiences as Black trans man with a complicated history of gendered and sexual identities.
  7. Interview with Qui Dorian Alexander

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Alexander, Qui Dorian
    Date: Sep. 11, 2017
    Topics: Atlantic Coast (North America), Ball culture, Bible, Black people, Black transgender people, Community life, Dating, Depression, Education, Family relationships, Friendship, FtMs, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, Love, Masculinities, Medical care, Multiracial transgender people, Oppression, Parenthood, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Privilege (Social psychology), Race, Racism, Sex, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Adrienne Maree, Brown Boi Project, Charlene Arcila, Emergent Strategy, Mazzoni Center, Reg Ju, Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Tiq Milan, Trans Health Conference, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and ...
  8. Interview with Quinn Villagomez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Villagomez, Quinn
    Date: Sep. 17, 2015
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Art, Assigned gender, Biracial LGBTQ+ people, Bullying, Coming out, Depression, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health insurance, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ radio, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Pronoun, Schools, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people, Transphobia, Work
    Subject: Brown College, Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, University of Minnesota
    Description: Quinn Villagomez, also nicknamed Shimmer, is a biracial Hispanic female based in Minnesota. In this interview Villagomez talks about the field of radio and broadcasting, including her work co-hosti...
  9. Interview with Quinton Neal

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Neal, Quinton
    Date: Feb. 23, 2016
    Topics: African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Appearance, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people--Race identity, Discrimination, Family relationships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Harassment, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTI community, Medical interventions, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Native American . . ., Native American LGBTQ+ people, Online dating, Police, Prisons, Privilege (Social psychology), Problem-oriented policing, Psychic trauma, Race, Racially mixed people, Racism, Rape, Religion, Religions, Religious institutions, Role behavior, Rural areas, Schools, Self-care, Health, Sexual freedom, Sexual orientation, Sexual violence, Sexuality, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Support groups, Transgender community
    Subject: Black Liberation Projects, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Caitlyn Jenner, Delta Phi Upsilon, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Quinton Neal is a Black and Native American gender-fluid person from Peoria and Philadelphia who goes by she and he. At the time of this interview, Neal was a student in graduate school. In this or...
  10. Interview with Rachel Schroeder

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Schroeder, Rachel
    Date: Feb. 23, 2016
    Topics: Anxiety, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Body building, Celebrities, Child custody, Children, Community life, Counseling, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Friendship, Gay pride, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Health insurance, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Intolerance, Lesbian identity, Love, Marriage, Medication, Middle West, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity) in literature, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sex, Social exclusion, Symbolic representation, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Whites--Race identity
    Subject: City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC), Janitorial Company, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Rachel Schroeder is a white trans woman from Burnsville, Minnesota. She discusses how her desire and her decision to transition impacted her relationships, and the importance of being correctly gen...
  11. Interview with Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Wicker, Randy
    Date: Feb. 1, 2003
    Topics: Black transgender people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ chosen families, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Uplift Lighting
    Description: An interview with Randy Wicker in which he talks about Marsha Johnson’s involvement with GAA and Heritage of Pride. He also discusses Marsha’s mental health, institutionalization, prostitution, and...
  12. Interview with Raquel Willis

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Willis, Raquel
    Date: Jun. 7, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Art, Assigned gender, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Coming out, Counseling, Dating, Drag, Drag kings, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Feminism, FtMs, Gay identity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ activism, Love, Masculinities, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Queer people, Race, Religions, Religious texts, Role behavior, Sex, Sexism, Social movements, Southern States, Sports, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers
    Subject: Black Girl Dangerous, RuPaul, Trans Advocacy Organization, Transgender Law Center, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Raquel Willis is a Black trans woman from Augusta, Georgia. At the time of this interview Willis was living in Oakland, CA. She is a writer, activist, and media maker, and, starting in 2018, the Ex...
  13. Interview with Raymond Rea

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Rea, Raymond
    Date: Oct. 16, 2016
    Topics: Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Butches, Community life, Creative activities and seat work, Education, Friendship, Gay and lesbian film festivals, Gender-affirming care, Genderfluid identity, Genderqueer people, Health, Italian American men, LGBTQ+ films, Medical care, Middle West, Older queer people, Older transgender people, Pacific Coast (U.S.), Trans men, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people, Whites--Race identity, Work
    Subject: Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Raymond Rea is a Italian-English-American-white trans male raised in Massachusetts. At the time of this oral history, Rea was working as a Professor in the School of Media Arts & Design at Minnesot...
  14. Interview with Rebecca Kling

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Kling, Rebecca
    Date: Jan. 25, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Bullying, Coming out, Dating, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender-affirming care, Hair--Removal, Harassment, Hormones, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ visibility, Medical care, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Social movements, Social privilege, Surgery, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender identity, White transgender people
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Creating Change, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Rebecca Kling is a white trans woman from Chicago, Illinois. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and college years, her transition, and her work within Camp Aranu'tiq and th...
  15. Interview with Rehema Mertinez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mertinez, Rehema
    Date: Mar. 28, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Art, Authority, Black people--Race identity, Black transgender people, Bullying, Celebrities, Clothing, Coming out, Community life, Creative activities and seat work--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Depression, Discrimination, Emigration and immigration, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Family relationships, Femininities, Friendship, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Health, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), Latin Americans, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ visibility, Love, Media, Medical care, Mental health, MtFs, Multiracial transgender people, Police, Police brutality, Prisons, Racially mixed people, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sex, Sexuality, Spirituality, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility, Youth
    Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Rehema Mertinez is a mixed Jamaican and Puerto Rican woman from Minnesota and Australia who goes by she and they. She talks about her early life, moving to Australia as a child, housing insecurity,...